ThinkPad T14s

Your dad is dumb, the gen 1 Thinkpad t14s I found in the side of the road in a snowstorm has out lasted and is more repairable than my much newer more expensive Lenovo that's now a paperwait because newer computers aren't serviceable.

Yeah it's not impossible to find ram. It was cheaper a couple weeks ago but even without that it's still a strength of such old hardware. If 16GB of RAM is fine for your use case the AMD T14S is also gonna be least likely to have a failed battery (but that machine is still like 6-7 years old). On th

If I was using the programs you mention, I'd look for X86 laptops (Intel / AMD processors). And what laptop size are you looking for? I seek 13" - 14", ymmv. I've been looking for a quality laptop since early November & my priority overlapped many of yours. Here's my experience of what consider & lo

tl;dr: 16 or more GB RAM model of X13 (13.3 inch) or T14s (14 inch) gen1 AMD would be the closest one that meet your criteria. Also are there any other Thinkpads similar to the x1, maybe ones that are a little cheaper X13 (Intel/ AMD) or T14s (Intel/ AMD) series were made of either aluminium or magn

It depends also on the balance between the portability/ battery life and the upgradability. I think used gen3 (released in 2022, AMD - Intel counterpart gen3 unfortunately had much worse battery life) either of T14s or of X13 is a sweet spot for your need - they are made of aluminium alloy and have

The P series is highly variable; the P14s/P16s is basically just a T14/T16, with a bigger processor option - a couple of generations back this was the T4xxp and later there was a T14p although I'm not sure it was sold in the US. Virutally all of the options are the same, and yes, it's clearly the sa

Lenovo hasn't announced any X2 machines yet but it makes sense given previous announcements in 2024. Yoga and consumer Snapdragon X laptops came out in May and June, the ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 showed up in August. MWC 2026, Lenovo announced the T14s Gen 7 with Snapdragon X2, Panther Lake and AMD Gorgon

I looked up these models on PSREF, and one big difference between them is that the E16 has two SSD slots, whereas the L16 has only one. Now this is likely not a great deal since it's 1 TB anyway, but still, maybe you desire more space at some point and there'll be no way to expand unless you replace

AMD models of T14s (14 inch)/ T14 (14 inch) / X13 (13.3 inch) gen3 (or gen4) (either with Ryzen 6000 gen mobile u APU or 7x40 gen mobile u APU) are my first recommendations for your cases of use due to their balanced performance and good battery life. For Intel counter parts, gen4 (with 13th gen Int

Specific to eBay they have approved dealers that sell refurbished laptops with usually a 12 month warranty, serviced by the dealer but backed by eBay. This is in addition to other dealers and private sellers who operate outside of that scheme. Countries may differ, but similar to eBay, Amazon have t